The power of place
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The social conception of space of birth narrated by women with negative and traumatic birth experiences
2023, Women and BirthCitation Excerpt :Institutional factors that influence midwives’ practice can also impact on women’s experiences. For example, the degree of the midwife’s professional autonomy affects the quality of the interactions with the women in their care [17–21]. Medicalised environments and cultures such as hospitals, that super-value risk rather than normality, can reduce midwives’ morale and promote more controlling behaviours towards women; whereby women’s choices, perceptions of control and informed consent are diminished [22].
Factors that support change in the delivery of midwifery led care in hospital settings. A review of current literature
2018, Women and BirthCitation Excerpt :Lipsky45 describes how the bureaucratic nature of organisations, such as the NHS, makes it impossible for workers, within the time allocated, to achieve a way of working true to their value and beliefs. For example, ‘doing midwifery’ may be prioritised over ‘not doing’ in order to get through the work.46,12,43 Organisational issues such as staff shortages, limited time and high workloads are common reasons why change in midwifery practice is often not achieved.47,43,48
How domesticity dictates behaviour in the birth space: Lessons for designing birth environments in institutions wanting to promote a positive experience of birth
2016, MidwiferyCitation Excerpt :As clinicians we are challenged to consider the underlying messages provided to women and families when they enter spaces so obviously designed to meet the needs of the clinicians that own the space. As Lock and Gibb (2003) pointed out some time ago, we react to particular spaces in certain ways and an analysis of space and place requires recognition that relatively concealed or secret components will reveal the power of place as certainly as those that are more readily accessible. Consciously or unconsciously, we respond or react to every space we encounter through our emotions, translated into a complex array of neuro-hormones that flood our brain and body, altering our physiology and influencing behaviour; women, their supporters and health care providers alike (Ulrich et al., 2010; Buckley, 2015; Lu and Roto, 2016).